George Boeree | Re: [LFN] La gramatica completa

• Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] La gramatica completa
• Data: 2005-05-10 20:58
• Mesaje: 1169 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On May 10, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Paul O. Bartlett wrote:
>
>       One question is just how nuanced a constructed auxiliary langauge
>  should be.  The quotation posted yesterday from Otto Jespersen was
>  excellent on that point.  And I think that structure (grammar) should
>  be considered as well as lexicon.

I am honestly not sure I understand the critique.  How much simpler can
we get than LFN as it is?
>
>       What about Third World countries such as Togo, Burma (Myanmar),
> and
>  Mongolia?

Some day, if we persevere and get lucky, we may see tutorials in
Mongolian, etc!

> The real issue is to
>  try to optimize as many things as possible, with the recognition that
>  it may become necessary to give up one optimization for the sake of
>  another.

I think that is exactly what we have been trying to do.  In what way do
you see us as not doing this?

George

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